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What Happens to Most Medium Writers?
Are you ready to run the Medium marathon?
I started syndicating my blog content on Medium around 2017 with my first account, which has gone by the wayside since.
The account I’m using now is my second account which I started around August 2018. I posted around 12 articles here from then until December 2022.
Like a long-lost treasure realized, I started writing seriously on Medium around early December 2022. I’ve now been writing regularly here for around 5 weeks.
The total article count I’ve amassed is 46 at this point in my Medium journey.
When I came back to Medium after 4.5 years of neglect, I had 34 followers and wasn’t a member. I became a member and then soon enough reached the 100-follower threshold to apply for monetization. I really appreciate how quickly Medium approves this part of the journey.
At this point, I have 242 followers and am up to 1,580 views in the past month.
I’ve been keeping track of the pennies rolling in and I make around .05 to .40 cents per day. For some reason, I made $1.50 one day, but this is an anomaly so far.
While I haven’t done the follow-for-follow method, I do have a methodology for interacting and gaining followers. In this process, I’ve noticed some patterns I’d like to analyze with you.
First I’ll share the methodology. I’m sure it isn’t new, but it works for me. Besides this method, I also follow writers when looking for articles to read on topics I follow, through the comment section, and through the one publication I follow.
Essentially, I go to a favorite writer’s profile and look at who they are following, then go down and choose the writers I find interesting from the list by right-clicking the link into a new window.
After I click on around 30 writers, I then examine each profile. What I look for are four main factors:
- last post date (have they been active in the last few…
